Ten years ago: the Blackout of '03

August 13, 2013

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A unidentified man directs traffic on Park Ave. while stoplights were out due to power outage, New York, New York, August 14, 1977. The outage, which occured during a summer heat wave and resulted in widespread looting and property damage, began at 9:34pm the previous evening, lasted approximately 25 hours. The Pam Am building is visible in the distance.

Dirck Halstead/File

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A unidentified man directs traffic on Park Ave. while stoplights were out due to power outage, New York, New York, August 14, 1977. The outage, which occured during a summer heat wave and resulted in widespread looting and property damage, began at 9:34pm the previous evening, lasted approximately 25 hours. The Pam Am building is visible in the distance.